Well to be honest, it only says [S] so perhaps that actually refers to the 'sluggish' mode?
Actually, the [S] mode keeps one's shifts between gears 1 and 2, so fun holding gears into corners, with instant take off out of them, though not something one likes to bump into doing 100km/hr (60miles/hr) on the free way.
And the [PWR] switch appears to allow the car to continue revving higher before shifts, and will hold the revs high for a few secs if one doesn't release the accellerater right away, so again handy for quick spurts of the acellerator without a lag waiting on gearbox to shift back down for some oomph.
Yeah, yeah, I should just trade it in for a manual!
Still working on how the MANU (manual?) mode sits between the [PWR] and [ECON] modes. The only reference I have points to gear shifts at revs somewhere between the ECON and PWR selections. Not sure if it offers anything else.
On this Japanese import, I put it down to a good ol' fashioned 'engrish'.
Yep, while wheels won't spin on launch, one's never left in the dust at traffic lights.
